Feeling better

She is starting to feel a lot better and is feeling like she is re-cooperating from her weekend.  She is continuing to take her anti-biotics and is resting up.

Doctor again on Monday.

ER visit

Thursday we went and had 4.4 more liters drained.  She felt so much better afterwards.

Friday she was really sick all day long and wasn't sure what was wrong.  By Saturday she had a fever and was throwing up and ill.  She went to the ER where they ran tons of tests on her.  They think she may have an infection from the drainage and had IV anti-biotics.  They wanted to keep her overnight and give her red blood cells because she was so low but she choose to go home instead.

Today, she is feeling a lot better.   I will post an update tomorrow.

Results

Doctor said that he tumor marker has gone down (which is good), although it may not be accurate.  Her liver function has gotten worse.  Not the best news or what we had hoped for, but she seems to be doing better, and that counts for a lot.

Another round of chemo.

Today she was able to do chemo, and she is still improving everyday.  Not much else to report...  I will update later.

Doctor Today!

Well, it wasn't the best visit (but for sure not the worst).  Her white blood count was back down to .03 so that means no chemo today.  They had a really had time getting blood out of her... heparin, more heparin, and more and then finally blood only to find that chemo wasn't going to happen.

So she got the shot to help boost her white blood count, which will be followed by another shot tomorrow, and then she will go in on Monday to see if her body is ready for the chemo.

On a happier note, the DOC said that her eyes look less yellow than they did last week, which hopefully means that liver is starting to function better.

And the fight continues...

Lunch and Shopping

Today Mom, me, Coren, and Carson enjoyed a yummy lunch AT Pei Wei, and then went shopping at Smiths Grocery Store.  OK, so it might not seem like much but it was FOR HER and she was amazed that she was actually AT the grocery store again after such a rough couple of months.

Soon, she might even drive herself to the store and shop... wouldn't that be something?

NO chemo this week.  They are going to do every other week just to keep her feeling as good as possible.  She is swollen again and so she is going to get her abdomen drained today.

The doctor is unsure of what the future holds, but says that if you would have told him that she would be where she is today, he wouldn't have believed it!  He said she is a very strong person.. but we knew that.

Getting stronger everyday and wondering, "Where did September go?"